Book Reviews by the Queen of Lit

Tag: non-fiction

The Elite (2013) by Kiera Cass is the sequel to The Selection, and the second book in The Selection trilogy. In this story, we read the continuation of America Singer's stay in the royal palace as the 35 girls in the prince's Selection are narrowed down to just six contenders. The writing reads much the same as the first … Continue reading The Elite by Kiera Cass

The Class Castle is the haunting memoir of Jeanette Walls, a girl growing up with three siblings and two irresponsible parents. Mostly living in unclean, unsafe conditions, Jeanette’s parents, Rex, an alcoholic, and Rose Mary, an aspiring artist who could not lay down her ambitions for the sake of her children, migrated their family from … Continue reading Author Spotlight: Jeanette Walls

Maus: My Father Bleeds History and Maus: …And Here My Troubles Began by Art Spiegelman are a two-part graphic biography of Spiegelman’s father, Vladek, a Holocaust survivor. These books tell the very sad and detailed accounts of Vladek’s experiences as a Polish Jew during World War II. As graphic novels, they depict the Jews as mice, Nazis as … Continue reading 3 Graphic Biographies

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